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Berg

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67029

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berg (INSEE 67029) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 347 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/67029-berg

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,047 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.11
Housing mix0.9554.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT AU CYGNE). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1RESTAURANT AU CYGNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 411 peak 1982: 436 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 413 (2012) → 347 (2023): -16 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 428 (1990) → 347 (2023): -18.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 2.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.1 km SE (Bettwiller)Food shop — 3.8 km NE (Mackwiller)GP — 4.0 km SE (Drulingen)Pharmacy — 4.2 km SE (Drulingen)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SEFood shop — 3.8 km NEGP — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Bettwiller): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mackwiller): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Drulingen): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Drulingen): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Berg): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 1.2 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 264 m. [12]

The village sits 86 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BERG, 1.2 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. [12]

That station sits 86 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BERG, 1.2 km away at 350 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67029/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67029/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67029/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67029/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67036
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67278
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67105
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67029
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beugny62334 km NW35127.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Haut-Clocher5719 km SW34027.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Caucourt62370 km NW33129Few servicesno figures
Villers-Brûlin62370 km NW36831.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Dolving5716 km SW34426.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Mauquenchy76420 km W36530.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dolving5716 km SW34426.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Haut-Clocher5719 km SW34027.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Beugny62334 km NW35127.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Caucourt62370 km NW33129Few servicesno figures
Villers-Brûlin62370 km NW36831.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Mauquenchy76420 km W36530.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Berg's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mauquenchy76420 km W36530.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rouilly-Sacey10221 km W38727.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Baerendorf678.1 km SW30426.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pardines63477 km SW30231.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rimsdorf674.3 km NW28731.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Brétigny60303 km W43531.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %